These are the results of the 1977 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Pista del Parque Batlle y Ordoñez (today Pista de Atletismo Darwin Piñeyrúa) in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 4, 5 and 6 November.Detailed results (pp 261–269)

Men's results 100 metres

Heats – 4 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Rui da Silva 10.51 Q 2 2 Miguel Sulbarán 10.63 Q 3 1 Katsuhiko Nakaya 10.65 Q 4 1 José Chacín 10.67 Q 5 2 José Gonçalves 10.82 Q 6 2 Luis Alberto Schneider 10.83 Q 7 2 Ricardo Donda 10.88 8 1 Gustavo Dubarbier 11.00 Q 9 2 Edgar Biojó 11.06 10 1 Luis Sánchez 11.15 Q 11 2 Ángel Guerrero 11.16 12 1 Onías Palacios 11.26 13 1 Rafael Edwards 11.29 Final – 5 NovemberWind: +1.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Rui da Silva 10.3 Katsuhiko Nakaya 10.4 Miguel Sulbarán 10.6 4 José Chacín 10.8 5 José Gonçalves 10.9 6 Luis Alberto Schneider 11.0 7 Gustavo Dubarbier 11.0 8 Luis Sánchez 11.2

200 metres

Heats – 6 NovemberWind:Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: -1.0 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Rui da Silva 22.2 Q 2 1 José Chacín 22.5 Q 3 1 Gustavo Dubarbier 22.6 Q 4 1 Rafael Rossi 22.6 5 1 Luis Sánchez 23.0 6 1 Onías Palacios 23.2 1 2 Hipólito Brown 22.1 Q 2 2 Katsuhiko Nakaya 22.2 Q 3 2 José Gonçalves 22.6 Q 4 2 Edgar Biojó 23.1 5 2 Ángel Guerrero 23.2 Final – 6 NovemberWind: 0.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Rui da Silva 21.3 Katsuhiko Nakaya 21.7 Hipólito Brown 22.1 4 José Gonçalves 22.2 5 José Chacín 22.3 6 Gustavo Dubarbier 22.4

400 metres

Heats – 4 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Delmo da Silva 49.0 Q 2 1 Alexis Herrera 49.5 Q 3 1 Eduardo Sandes 49.9 1 Julio Acosta 1 2 Djalma de Oliveira 49.2 Q 2 2 Ariel Santolaya 49.7 Q 3 2 Ricardo Vigo 50.0 4 2 Héctor Olivera 52.0 1 3 Hipólito Brown 49.3 Q 2 3 Almir da Cunha 51.4 Q 3 Gabriel Lopera Final – 5 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Delmo da Silva 47.70 Ariel Santolaya 47.71 Djalma de Oliveira 48.24 4 Hipólito Brown 48.36 5 Alexis Herrera 48.64 6 Almir da Cunha 53.64

800 metres

Heats – 6 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Agberto Guimarães 1:56.7 Q 2 1 Omar Amdematten 1:56.9 Q 3 1 Edgar Gómez 1:57.4 4 1 Miguel Velázquez 1:57.5 5 1 Ramón Silva 2:04.4 1 2 Ricardo Vigo 1:57.5 Q 2 2 Wilson dos Santos 1:57.7 Q 3 2 Eduardo Valenzuela 1:57.7 4 2 Héctor Olivera 1:59.9 5 2 Felipe Neri 2:00.1 1 3 Cristián Molina 1:57.7 Q 2 3 William Wuycke 1:57.7 Q 3 3 Hugo Villegas 1:59.3 4 3 Juan Lazarte 2:00.9 5 3 Pedro Foronda 2:01.2 Final – 6 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Agberto Guimarães 1:52.4 Omar Amdematten 1:52.8 Ricardo Vigo 1:53.4 4 Cristián Molina 1:54.4 5 William Wuycke 1:56.4 6 Wilson dos Santos 2:00.5

1500 metres 5 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes José González 3:51.7 Emilio Ulloa 3:51.7 Cosme do Nascimento 3:51.7 4 Abel Godoy 3:53.1 5 Jairo Cubillos 3:55.8 6 Omar Amdematten 3:57.7 7 Osmán Escobar 3:58.1 8 Alberto Lopes 3:59.3 9 Félix Riverdieu 3:59.7

5000 metres 5 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Domingo Tibaduiza 14:24.4 Darcy Pereira 14:25.4 Jairo Correa 14:26.0 4 Carlos Alves 14:33.4 5 Lucirio Garrido 14:35.0 6 Juan Adolfo Carrizo 14:55.8 7 Luis Rudas 14:56.7 8 Norberto Limonta 14:57.6 9 Óscar Carrión 15:05.6 10 Alejandro Silva 15:15.1 11 Enrique Dihi 16:04.4

10,000 metres 4 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Domingo Tibaduiza 29:44.2 Aloisio de Araújo 29:57.0 Carlos Alves 30:12.3 4 Juan Adolfo Carrizo 30:23.9 5 Luis Rudas 31:10.4 6 Héctor Rodríguez 31:17.4 7 Alejandro Silva 31:47.9 8 Héctor Robatti 32:07.0

Marathon 6 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Héctor Rodríguez 2:19:56 Víctor Rodríguez 2:24:48 Elói Schleder 2:26:48 4 Osvaldo Cornejo 2:31:14 5 José Ramírez 2:34:06 6 Efraín Manquel 2:36:16 7 Eusebio Cardoso 2:47:34 8 Domingo Moreira 2:49:12 9 Marcial Congo 3:08:27

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 4 NovemberWind:Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.8 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Jesús Villegas 14.8 Q 2 1 Carlos dos Santos 15.0 Q 3 1 Rodolfo Iturraspe 15.1 Q 4 1 Hans Miethe 15.7 Q 1 2 Óscar Marín 15.6 Q 2 2 Tito Steiner 16.0 Q 3 2 Francisco Fuentes 16.4 Q Final – 5 NovemberWind: 0.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Óscar Marín 14.97 Jesús Villegas 15.04 Carlos dos Santos 15.23 4 Hans Miethe 15.71 5 Rodolfo Iturraspe 15.80 6 Francisco Fuentes 15.95 Tito Steiner

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 5 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Moisés Zambrano 55.4 Q 2 1 Francisco Rojas 56.1 Q 3 1 Joelmerson de Carvalho 56.1 Q 4 1 Alfredo Velasco 56.6 5 1 Harry Franco 57.8 1 2 Donizete Soares 54.5 Q 2 2 Fabio Zúñiga 54.7 Q 3 2 Ariel Santolaya 54.7 Q 4 2 Jorge Gómez 54.7 5 2 Rodolfo Iturraspe 55.6 6 2 Sergio Collis Final – 6 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Moisés Zambrano 53.7 Donizete Soares 54.1 Joelmerson de Carvalho 54.4 4 Fabio Zúñiga 54.8 5 Ariel Santolaya 55.3 6 Francisco Rojas 57.1

3000 metres steeplechase 4 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jairo Correa 9:00.5 Lucirio Garrido 9:01.5 Abel Córdoba 9:13.0 4 Víctor Rodríguez 9:15.6 5 Emilio Ulloa 9:27.0 6 Gérson Monteiro 9:29.8 7 Antônio Ranzani 9:37.8 8 Víctor Gil 9:37.8 Norberto Limonta

4 × 100 metres relay Heats – 5 November Rank Heat Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 2 41.36 Q 2 1 42.73 Q 3 2 43.08 Q 4 1 43.10 Q 5 1 43.11 Q 6 1 43.79 q 2

Final – 5 November Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Antônio Carlos dos Santos, Nelson dos Santos, Rui da Silva, Katsuhiko Nakaya 41.4 José Chacín, Manuel Briceño, Ely Zabala, Hipólito Brown 41.7 Servio Labruna, Luis Sánchez, Luis Barbosa, José Gonçalves 42.1 4 Onías Palacios, Julio Acosta, Edgar Biojó, Jesús Villegas 43.0 5 Ángel Guerrero, Francisco Rojas, Adolfo Marín, Hugo Martínez 43.4

4 × 400 metres relay Heats – 6 November Rank Heat Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 1 3:22.6 Q 2 1 3:24.2 Q 3 1 3:24.4 Q 1 2 3:23.9 Q 2 2 3:25.3 Q 3 2 3:27.2 Q 4 2 3:35.9

Final – 6 November Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Djalma de Oliveira, Delmo da Silva, Pedro Teixeira, Donizete Soares 3:15.1 Hipólito Brown, E. López, Alexis Herrera, Moisés Zambrano 3:17.4 Ariel Santolaya, Cristián Molina, Emilio Ulloa, Alfredo Edwards 3:23.1 4 Gabriel Lopera, Onías Palacios, Fabio Zúñiga, Julio Acosta 3:23.5 5 Rodolfo Iturraspe, Juan José Rodríguez, Angel Gagliano, Eduardo Sandes 3:24.2 6 Héctor Olivera, Gancio, Almir da Cunha, Sosa 3:32.9

20 kilometres walk 5 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Enrique Peña 1:37:21 Osvaldo Morejón 1:39:23 Rafael Vega 1:40:14 4 Rito Molina 1:45:44 5 José Rodríguez 1:46:19 6 Waldemar da Silva 1:51:37 7 Ricardo Nuske 1:53:34 8 Estebán Quelele 1:53:34 9 Antonio Moraga 2:01:18

High jump 6 November Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Irajá Cecy 2.05 Luis Arbulú 2.00 Luis Barrionuevo 2.00 4 Javier Olivar 1.85 5 Rubén Osorio 1.75 6 Carlos Guillén 1.70

Pole vault 4 November Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Renato Bortolocci 4.40 Tito Steiner 4.30 Fernando Hoces 4.10 4 Guillermo Chiaraviglio 4.10 5 Darío Castagnino 4.00 6 Claudio Escauriza 3.60 Fernando Ruocco

Long jump 6 November Rank Name Nationality Result Notes João Carlos de Oliveira 7.95 Hugo Meriano 7.31 Ronald Raborg 7.22 4 João Carlos dos Santos 7.12 5 Eduardo Labalta 7.07 6 Francisco Pichott 6.92 7 Luis Alberto Schneider 6.77 8 Jorge do Prado 6.70

Triple jump 5 November Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes João Carlos de Oliveira 16.40 x 15.86 – – – 16.40 Angel Gagliano 15.15 Francisco Pichott 14.87 4 Emilio Mazzeo 14.86 5 João Carlos dos Santos 14.09 6 José Gregorio Salazar 13.70 7 José Sosa 13.50

Shot put 6 November Rank Name Nationality Result Notes José Luiz Carabolante 15.83 José Carreño 15.70 José Carlos Jacques 15.62 4 Jesús Ramos 15.46 5 Modesto Barreto 14.90 6 Néstor Sánchez 14.69 7 Óscar Gadea 14.18 8 José Jara 14.17 9 Héctor Rivero 13.44 10 Omar González 12.98 11 Víctor Martínez 12.42

Discus throw 4 November Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Sérgio Thomé 52.24 Modesto Barreto 50.64 José Carlos Jacques 46.42 4 Héctor Rivero 46.22 5 Ramón Montezuma 45.10 6 José Carreño 43.56 7 Óscar Gadea 40.90 8 José Alberto Vallejo 40.48

Hammer throw 6 November Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Daniel Gómez 64.66 Celso de Moraes 63.52 Ivam Bertelli 63.40 4 José Alberto Vallejo 63.22 5 Pelayo Quintana 50.84 6 Edgar Yarce 50.48 7 Humberto Cáceres 49.32

Javelin throw 5 November – Old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Mario Sotomayor 66.96 Paulo de Faría 66.50 Angel Garmendia 65.72 4 Orangel Rodríguez 63.68 5 Claudio Escauriza 60.44 6 Hugo Balsani 57.68 7 Humberto Vianna 56.08 8 Horst Klotzer 55.54

Decathlon 5–6 November – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsConv.Notes Tito Steiner 11.6 6.78 14.28 1.83 51.2 15.5 44.54 4.50 56.16 4:35.7 7411 7264* Renato Bortolocci 11.2 6.67 11.82 1.97 51.9 16.4 37.22 4.50 52.98 4:47.2 7076 6894* Ángel Montezuma 11.3 6.25 12.40 1.80 50.5 16.2 43.64 3.80 53.94 4:33.3 6976 6783* 4 Alfredo Silva 11.3 6.29 11.98 1.90 51.4 16.2 35.14 3.40 45.88 4:47.1 6529 6329* 5 Eduardo Sotomayor 11.6 6.64 10.61 1.83 52.4 16.4 33.34 3.40 42.16 4:47.5 6230 6045* 6 Juan Ríos 11.1 6.08 11.06 1.75 55.1 17.6 35.38 3.40 52.80 4:45.7 6114 5956* 7 Jorge da Silva 11.3 5.95 11.58 1.80 54.7 16.2 33.54 3.20 49.06 5:07.2 6049 5852* 8 Claudio Escauriza 11.8 6.14 11.17 1.60 56.1 18.6 33.42 3.70 51.18 5:13.9 5658 5431* Alfredo Rossi 12.7 5.50 11.11 1.65 62.4 19.4 40.24 3.40 42.94 Rodolfo Díaz 12.2 5.49 10.65 61.1

Women's results 100 metres

Heats – 4 NovemberWind:Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: ? Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Beatriz Allocco 11.73 Q 2 1 Flavia Villar 12.00 Q 3 1 Carmela Bolívar 12.02 Q 4 1 Rocío Rebollo 12.10 Q 5 2 Beatriz Capotosto 12.10 Q 6 1 Marta Meléndez 12.20 7 2 Bárbara do Nascimento 12.24 Q 8 2 Carla Herencia 12.30 Q 9 1 Maria Levien 12.40 10 2 Margarita Grun 12.43 Q 11 2 Elsa Antúnez 12.45 12 1 Isabel Aleman 12.50 13 2 Cecilia Echeverry 12.60 14 2 María Roldán 12.92 Final – 5 NovemberWind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Beatriz Allocco 11.97 Beatriz Capotosto 12.20 Carmela Bolívar 12.27 Carla Herencia 12.27 5 Flavia Villar 12.32 6 Rocío Rebollo 12.46 7 Bárbara do Nascimento 12.49 8 Margarita Grun 12.62

200 metres

Heats – 6 NovemberWind:Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Beatriz Allocco 24.9 Q 2 1 Sueli Machado 25.3 Q 3 1 Elsa Antúnez 25.8 4 1 Carmela Bolívar 26.3 5 1 María Rolón 27.2 1 2 Carla Herencia 25.4 Q 2 2 Margarita Grun 25.5 Q 3 2 Maria Luísa Betioli 26.2 4 2 Patricia Morales 27.2 1 3 Flavia Villar 25.3 Q 2 3 Beatriz Capotosto 25.5 Q 3 3 Marta Meléndez 25.8 4 3 Alicia Vicent 26.0 Final – 6 NovemberWind: ? Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Beatriz Allocco 24.7 Sueli Machado 25.2 Flavia Villar 25.3 4 Carla Herencia 25.5 5 Margarita Grun 25.6 6 Beatriz Capotosto 25.6

400 metres

Heats – 4 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Eucaris Caicedo 59.2 Q 2 1 Adriana Marchena 59.4 Q 2 1 Juana Rossano 1 2 Inoilde Cruz 57.4 Q 2 2 Margarita Grun 58.2 Q 3 2 Janeth Carvajal 59.5 4 2 Silvia Augsburger 1 3 Marcela López 57.5 Q 2 3 Cecilia Rodríguez 57.8 Q 3 3 Tânia Miranda 58.5 4 3 Verónica Arrionda 59.8 5 3 Blanca Ibáñez Final – 5 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Eucaris Caicedo 55.30 Adriana Marchena 56.48 Marcela López 56.69 4 Cecilia Rodríguez 57.31 5 Inoilde Cruz 58.41 6 Margarita Grun 59.51

800 metres

Heats – 5 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Alejandra Ramos 2:20.7 Q 2 1 Aparecida Adão 2:22.4 Q 3 1 Nubia Medina 2:23.3 4 1 Lucy Fernández 2:23.3 5 1 Mirta Ezcurra 2:27.2 1 2 Adriana Marchena 2:14.8 Q 2 2 Graciela Escalada 2:15.4 Q 3 2 Joyce dos Santos 2:21.4 4 2 Sara Vicenti 2:27.6 1 3 Laura Oyanctábal 2:21.5 Q 2 3 Mery Rojas 2:22.1 Q 3 3 Genoveva Caro 2:23.0 4 3 Nilda Blanco 2:28.4 Final – 6 November